Elstar

Once harvested the flavour will mature if left for three weeks before eating!

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert.

Falstaff

Origin: Kent 1965.

Harvest period: October.

Shelf life: Eat by December.

Flavour: Aromatic, sweet, juicy and mellows with storing.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert.

George Cave

Origin: Essex, England 1945.

Harvesting period: August

Shelf life: Eat by August.

Flavour: Sweet and sharp.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert.

Jonagold

Origin: America

Harvest period: October.

Shelf life: Eat by March.

Flavour: Sweet, tart and firm.

Culinary or Dessert: Both.

Jonathan

Origin: Woodstock, New York, 1820

Harvest period: September.

Shelf life: Eat by January.

Flavour: Sweet and tart

Culinary or Dessert:

Jupiter

Origin: 1982 East Malling, Kent

Harvest period: September

Shelf life: Eat by March

Flavour: Like a Cox’s Orange Pippin but sharper.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert

Laxton Superb

Origin: Bedford 1897, raised by Laxton Brothers

Harvest period: October

Shelf life: Eat by February

Flavour: Very sweet!

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert

Newton Wonder

Origin: Derbyshire, 1870.

Harvesting period: October.

Shelf life: Eat by December.

Flavour: Subacid.

Culinary or Dessert: Culinary.

Pitmaston Pineapple

Origin: Williams of Pitmaston, England 1785.

Harvest period: September

Shelf life: Eat by February.

Flavour: Reminiscent of pineapples.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert and cider apple.

Redsleeves

Origin: 1986, England

Harvesting period: August.

Shelf life: September.

Flavour: Sweet and sharp.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert.

Ribston Pippin

Origin: Yorkshire 1707.

Harvest period: September.

Shelf life: Eat by January.

Flavour: Strong classic English taste.

Culinary or Dessert: Desert and cider apple.

Sunset

Origin: Kent, England 1918.

Harvest period: September

Shelf life: Eat by December.

Flavour: Intense, aromatic and quite sharp.

Culinary or dessert: Dessert

Suntan

Origin: Malling in Kent.

Harvest period: October.

Shelf life: Eat by February

Flavour: Initially sharp, sweetens with maturity.

Culinary of dessert: Dessert.

Tydeman’s Late Orange

Origin: 1930, East Malling, Kent.

Harvest period: October.

Shelf life: Eat by April.

Flavour: Strongly aromatic with a fine balance between sweet and acid.

Culinary or dessert: Dessert.

Winston

Origin: Berkshire, 1900.

Harvest period: October.

Shelf life: Eat by April.

Flavour: Sharp initially but mellows with age to sweet and aromatic.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert.

Worcester Pearmain

Origin: Worcester, England, 1870.

Harvesting period: September.

Shelf life: Eat by October.

Flavour: Reminiscent of strawberries.

Culinary or Dessert: Dessert.

Did you know?

January sees the ‘Wassailing’; a ritual held around the 12th night, an ancient custom of visiting orchards, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year.

The Lambswool (mulled cider) is given to the roots of the trees and pieces of toast dipped in apple juice are stuck on branches for the Robins, who are the guardians of the orchard.

Did you know?

May brings the May Day celebrations along with their very own lady Morris Side, The Raving Maes. No funny hats or jingling bells, these gals wear Basques and boots and look great. There’s nothing like a bit of lingerie to enhance fertility!

Did you know?

The orchard was opened in 2004 with grants from the National Lottery, Hull City Council and the NHS Trust at a time when allotments were still very unfashionable; nowadays you cannot get one for love nor money.

Did you know?

Harvest is usually mid August to October with open days taking place on Sundays and sometimes Saturdays.

For a donation of £2, you can help yourself to 2kg of the apples of your choice.

We also sell apple juice which is wonderful and very tasty. After recent harvests we have had the juice put into glass bottles and sold at local outlets.

We have a small apiary at the orchard overseen by local beekeeper Wendy Maslin. Honey produced at the orchard is also available to buy.